The modern superhero in film and television : popular genre and American culture

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The modern superhero in film and television : popular genre and American culture

by Jeffrey A. Brown

(Routledge advances in comics studies, 2)

Routledge, 2017

  • : hbk

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Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Hollywood's live-action superhero films currently dominate the worldwide box-office, with the characters enjoying more notoriety through their feature film and television depictions than they have ever before. This book argues that this immense popularity reveals deep cultural concerns about politics, gender, ethnicity, patriotism and consumerism after the events of 9/11. Superheroes have long been agents of hegemony, fighting for abstract ideals of justice while overall perpetuating the American status quo. Yet at the same time, the book explores how the genre has also been utilized to question and critique these dominant cultural assumptions.

Table of Contents

Introduction: The Live Action Superhero Genre 1. Hollywood Superheroes: Commercial Economy, Spectacle and the Universe 2. Supermen and Wonder Women: Gender Ideals and Live-Action Superheroes 3. Superheroes Rewriting 9/11 and Remasculinizing America 4. America, Nostalgia and Exceptionalism 5. Diversity and Marginalization 6. Spoofs, Parody and Camp Conclusion: Superhero Fatigue?

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Details

  • NCID
    BB22618041
  • ISBN
    • 9781138897786
  • Country Code
    us
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    New York
  • Pages/Volumes
    181 p.
  • Size
    24 cm
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